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Based on simple considerations, it has been shown that surface forces of different natures—electrostatic, dispersion, structural, and hydrophobic ones—are governed by the osmotic pressure of components present in a system.
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Original Russian Text © V.I. Roldughin, 2015, published in Kolloidnyi Zhurnal, 2015, Vol. 77, No. 2, pp. 214–218.
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Roldughin, V.I. On the unified mechanism of the action of surface forces of different natures. Colloid J 77, 202–206 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1061933X15020167
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